[Showcase] Post your Bases

[Rhyunix]

Wheres the Colonies and bases in this Spacecraft exchange?!

I don't have much to start with so I want to see yours!

Let the Chaos commence

[Temstar]

I'm working on a Minmus base prototype:

Construction is done by this rover:

More buildings to come.

[RocketPilot573]

I'm currently making a Mun base to mine Kethane, however its still a work in progress (the lander ran out of fuel).

Some how I managed to bring nearly the entire base to the Mun in one go:

[astropapi1]

Temstar... That is the coolest "F"ing base I've seen on KSP!

Here, have a cookie the size of Kerbol.

[Giggleplex777]

Gotta stack 'em.

[Ells]

Munbase Comms Tower (although now won't work in 0.20 so back to the drawing board)

Munar Polar Drilling Rig (Yet to land it)

Kerbal Monitoring Station (also have two of them on the Mun)

And my latest base design...

[Merinsan]

This base is only partially built. I still need to install a solar array, and more crew modules are to come, but I like it's look so far.

It's completely modular and the current base has 4 modules. Please excuse the wheels on the bottom, which will be detached once I finish it.

Edited May 29, 2013 by Merinsan

[Temstar]

So I did some further work on my modular base:

[Ells]

The sat dish is awesome, along with the rest of course

[Rune]

So I did some further work on my modular base:

That's gonna take more than a few launches. And a more that decent computer. Looking good, though!

My Munbase is looking positively ancient now (it's from 0.18):

Rune. Another thing to re-visit, bases.

[mrrpamplemousse]

So I did some further work on my modular base:

*snip*

Want this base! (.Craft?)

Edited June 1, 2013 by Cykyrios
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[nubcaker]

So I did some further work on my modular base:

-snip-

This really inspired me, thanks mate!

[elkar]

That base looks solid, but how do you .. get it there? with rover attached or?

[MrIronMoose]

Totally intentional, not-crash related Mun Base.

(it makes electricity and holds fuel, so it counts...)

[Francesco]

this base is about to get upgraded with cupola modules:

[ixolate industries]

Nice base but...

how are you going to land that giant strut?

also where is that bases intended destination?

[Francesco]

Nice base but...

how are you going to land that giant strut?

also where is that bases intended destination?

you mean mine? I still have to seriously put some work into this, but... I was thinking about orbital assembly, and landing it in a single piece

[ammonia_ocean]

Welcome to Cocytus Base! Here, we bring you closer to space – our residents live in complete comfort in the H.O.M.E. living quarters, with only a millimeter of metal foil between you and endless cold, dark, suffocating vacuum! Feeling bored? Why not take a stroll? Don a stylish, comfortable EVA suit, and explore the virgin natural wonderland of the Münar surface. Highlights include regolith, hills, stars, micrometeorites, and more regolith! Or if you're of a more technical mind, how about a few hours operating the command module or the communications tower? It's got all the fun of complex science and engineering work, plus cramped quarters, isolation, and limited oxygen!

It's half-finished, uses mods fairly extensively, and it's not an awesome modular design like the ones I've seen here (I should probably get on that), but it's something. Either way, it's been a lot of fun building!

[Temstar]

Final engineering problem for my Minmum Base resolve. Behold: Crawler-transporter

The completed base:

Notice the base has two launch complexes, shown docked with a tanker rocket and a crew shuttle. To service the two complexes three crawler-transporters are used. It takes two crawlers to move a ship but only one to dock a craft to the base.

The base at night:

Now I just got to figure out a way to get all that to Minmus.

[Mephane]

I sent a cozy two-man base to Minusmus:

Later I sent a set of small rovers for further exploration:

Sunrises on Minmus' frozen flats are beautiful:

Edited June 2, 2013 by Mephane

[DMagic]

Now I just got to figure out a way to get all that to Minmus.

Wow. I really like this base design. Since you have docking ports on pretty much everything it shouldn't be hard to add a detachable lander system to each part. You could make the system reusable, or just blast off each skycrane after landing each segment.

Is there any reason why you can't simplify those long structural segments? Instead of 3 segment long sections, you could just replace some of them with 9 segment pieces. It can be a little tricky to fly and land such long contraptions, but it's not too hard. It will also save a ton of parts (docking ports and landing legs) and require many fewer launches and landings to get everything on Minmus.

[Temstar]

The idea with the little pieces is so that the base is modular and can be rearranged should I even change my mind. I'm also a bit weary of having to pick up huge pieces with the rover since it will make driving really difficult.

To land them on Minmus I'll probably use landers with docking ports on the side. Dock the pieces to them in VAB and land them, then undock and drop them down one by one.

For the bigger pieces like the modules I'll probably attach jettison-able engines radially to them, land and then ditch the engines.

[Cipher29]

Here's my modular base components. All components contain their own propulsion and wheels to make landings and assembly simple and easy.

First the habitation module, holds 14 kerbals total:

The comms array, has a comms dish for long range communication and 4 antennas for short range:

The power module with 18 RTGs, would you want solar panels when night lasts days at a time?

Storage module, for storing... stuff:

Here's two fully assembled stations on the Mun and Minmus:

Still need to update them with the new 0.20 parts, specifically the 2.5 meter docking ports and the new large probes. More modules coming soon!

Edited June 1, 2013 by Cipher29

[astroadrian99]

From the Bases I have seen already mine is pretty lame but i just started yesterday so who knows how it will end up.

Final engineering problem for my Minmum Base resolve. Behold: Crawler-transporter

*uber snip*

By the way I would love to get this .craft file

Edited June 1, 2013 by Cykyrios
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[Temstar]

By the way I would love to get this .craft file

I was going to release it after I figure out all the landers and launch vehicles and all that kind of stuff to actually get it all to Minmus and assembled there. Would you rather wait for that or do you just want the raw pieces now?